Washington Yacht Club
The Washington Yacht Club is a motorboating club on the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. Established in 1910 as an all-white organization, the club was integrated in the 1970s, prompting a turnover to predominantly African American membership.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Congressional Cemetery and Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium.
Congressional Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
The Congressional Cemetery, officially Washington Parish Burial Ground, is a historic and active cemetery located at 1801 E Street in Washington, D.C., in the Hill East neighborhood on the west bank of the Anacostia River. Congressional Cemetery is situated 2,400 feet northeast of Washington Yacht Club.
Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Stadium
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as RFK Stadium and originally known as District of Columbia Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Washington, D.C. on East Capitol Street near the Anacostia River. Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium is situated 1 mile northeast of Washington Yacht Club.
John Philip Sousa Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The John Philip Sousa Bridge, also known as the Sousa Bridge and the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, is a continuous steel plate girder bridge that carries Pennsylvania Avenue SE across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., in the United States. John Philip Sousa Bridge is situated 1,500 feet east of Washington Yacht Club.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairlawn and Anacostia.
Fairlawn
Neighborhood
Fairlawn is a working class and middle class residential neighborhood in southeast Washington, D.C., United States. It is bounded by Interstate 295, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Minnesota Avenue SE, Naylor Road SE, and Good Hope Road SE.
Anacostia
Photo: Ron Coggswell, CC BY 2.0.
Anacostia is the popular name for the huge swathe of the capital consisting of the many neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. Its heart, in the small, historic neighborhood of Anacostia, is immediately across the Frederick Douglass Bridge from the Nationals Ballpark.
Hill East
Neighborhood
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Hill East is a residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. Located in the Southeast quadrant of the city, it is bounded by the Kingman Park neighborhood at C Street to the north, by the Anacostia River to the east and south, and by Capitol Hill at 15th Street to the west.
Washington Yacht Club
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Marina
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.87617° or 38° 52′ 34″ northLongitude
-76.98307° or 76° 58′ 59″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87C5V2G8+FQOpenStreetMap ID
way 138060028OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=marinaGeoNames ID
4141021Wikidata ID
Q104878966
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In Other Languages
“Washington Yacht Club” goes by many names.
- Ukrainian: “Вашингтонський яхт-клуб”
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